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Arctigenin Suppresses Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in a Rat Model of Obstructive Phytomedicine 30 (2017) 28–41 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Phytomedicine journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/phymed Arctigenin suppresses renal interstitial fibrosis in a rat model of obstructive nephropathy Ao Li a,b,1, Xiaoxun Zhang a,1, Mao Shu a, Mingjun Wu c, Jun Wang a, Jingyao Zhang a, ∗ ∗ Rui Wang a, , Peng Li b, , Yitao Wang b a College of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 40 0 054, China b State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China c Institute of Life Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 40 0 016, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Background: Renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) is commonly the final result of a variety of progressive Received 28 March 2016 injuries and leads to end-stage renal disease. There are few therapeutic agents currently available for Revised 28 December 2016 retarding the development of renal TIF. Accepted 9 March 2017 Purpose: The aim of the present study is to evaluate the role of arctigenin (ATG), a lignan component derived from dried burdock ( Arctium lappa L.) fruits, in protecting the kidney against injury by unilateral Keywords: ureteral obstruction (UUO) in rats. Arctigenin Methods: Rats were subjected to UUO and then administered with vehicle, ATG (1 and 3 mg/kg/d), or Renal fibrosis losartan (20 mg/kg/d) for 11 consecutive days. The renoprotective effects of ATG were evaluated by histo- Inflammation logical examination and multiple biochemical assays. Transforming growth factor- β1 Results: Our results suggest that ATG significantly protected the kidney from injury by reducing tubular Oxidative stress Epithelial-mesenchymal transition dilatation, epithelial atrophy, collagen deposition, and tubulointerstitial compartment expansion. ATG ad- ministration dramatically decreased macrophage (CD68-positive cell) infiltration. Meanwhile, ATG down- regulated the mRNA levels of pro-inflammatory chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP- 1) and cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor- α (TNF- α), interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β), and interferon- γ (IFN- γ ), in the obstructed kidneys. This was associated with decreased activation of nuclear factor κB (NF- κB). ATG attenuated UUO-induced oxidative stress by increasing the activity of renal manganese su- peroxide dismutase (SOD2), leading to reduced levels of lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, ATG inhibited the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of renal tubules by reducing the abundance of transform- ing growth factor- β1 (TGF- β1) and its type I receptor, suppressing Smad2/3 phosphorylation and nuclear translocation, and up-regulating Smad7 expression. Notably, the efficacy of ATG in renal protection was comparable or even superior to losartan. Conclusion: ATG could protect the kidney from UUO-induced injury and fibrogenesis by suppressing in- flammation, oxidative stress, and tubular EMT, thus supporting the potential role of ATG in renal fibrosis treatment. ©2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. Introduction α α Abbreviations: -SMA, -smooth muscle actin; ANOVA, analysis of variance; Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has emerged as a worldwide pub- ATG, arctigenin; BCA, bicinchoninic acid; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CAT, catalase; lic health problem with a rapid growth in prevalence ( Couser et al., CKD, chronic kidney disease; Cr, creatinine; DAB, 3, 3 -diaminobenzidine; DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide; ECM, extracellular matrix; EMT, epithelial-mesenchymal tran- 2011). Progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF) is the common sition; GPx, Glutathione peroxidase; GR, glutathione reductase; H 2 O 2 , hydrogen pathological presentation of nearly all kinds of CKD leading to peroxide; HYP, hydroxyproline; IFN- γ , interferon- γ ; IL-1 β, interleukin-1 β; MCP- end-stage renal failure ( Liu, 2006 ). Although tremendous efforts κ 1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MDA, malondialdehyde; NF- B, nuclear have been made to prevent or retard the progression of TIF, factor- κB; PVDF, polyvinylidene difluoride; qPCR, quantitative real-time PCR; SOD1, copper-zinc superoxide dismutase; SOD2, manganese superoxide dismutase; T βR-I, TGF- β type I receptor; T βR-II, TGF- β type II receptor; TBA, thiobarbituric acid; TECs, tubular epithelial cells; TGF- β1, transforming growth factor- β1; TIF, tubulointersti- E-mail addresses: [email protected] (R. Wang), [email protected] , tial fibrosis; TNF- α, tumor necrosis factor- α; UUO, unilateral ureteral obstruction. [email protected] (P. Li). ∗ Corresponding author. 1 These authors contributed equally to this work. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2017.03.003 0944-7113/© 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. A. Li et al. / Phytomedicine 30 (2017) 28–41 29 specific drug therapies to delay the progression of TIF toward of renal fibrosis. Thus, antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory agent end-stage renal failure are limited. have been used to protect the kidney from injury induced by UUO. CKD can initially manifest as inflammatory responses Burdock ( Arctium lappa L.) has been used in traditional and folk characterized by infiltration of immune cells, mainly mono- medicine in oriental countries for centuries. Various experimental cytes/macrophages and T lymphocytes, into the glomeruli and models have shown that arctigenin (ATG) is a main bioactive tubulointerstitium ( Lopez-Novoa and Nieto, 2009 ). On one hand, ingredient derived from dried fruit of A. lappa . ATG exhibits these inflammatory cells secrete various pro-inflammatory cy- anti-inflammatory ( Hyam et al., 2013 ), anti-oxidant ( Zhang et al., tokines and chemokines such as tumor necrosis factor- α (TNF- α), 2015 ), and antineoplastic ( Awale et al., 2006 ) properties in var- interleukin-1 β (IL-1 β), interferon- γ (IFN- γ ), and monocyte ious disorders. Our preliminary study demonstrated that oral chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), which further contribute to administration of 95% (v/v) hydroalcoholic extract from A. lappa recruitment of circulating inflammatory cells. This creates a ma- containing a higher amount of ATG and its glycoside Arctiin versus lignant positive feedback loop of inflammation ( Diamond et al., aqueous and petroleum ether extracts, exhibited the strongest 1994 ). On the other hand, activated macrophages produce profi- inhibitory effect on ECM component synthesis in the obstructive brotic cytokines such as transforming growth factor- β1 (TGF- β1), kidneys of rats with UUO (Supplementary Fig. S1). Our previous which have been shown to induce activation of matrix-producing data also showed that ATG could reverse TGF- β1-triggered re- myofibroblasts ( Leask and Abraham, 2004 ). The stimulated my- nal tubular EMT-like phenotypic changes in vitro using human ofibroblasts cause accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells)—mainly due to the proteins and lead to complete destruction of renal parenchyma inhibition of TGF- β1-induced up-regulation of MCP-1 ( Li et al., and irreversible renal failure. Renal inflammation—and in partic- 2015 ). Because the regulatory role of ATG in renal fibrosis in vivo ular the accumulation of macrophages in renal interstitium—are has not yet been studied, we studied here a 14-day UUO rat model a critical element in the mechanism responsible for the initia- to assess the anti-fibrotic efficacy of ATG and further delineated tion and development of renal fibrogenesis. Therefore, inhibit- the potential molecular mechanisms by which ATG elicits its ing inflammatory responses may significantly attenuate renal effects on experimental renal fibrosis. TIF. Recent studies show that a significant portion of synthetically Materials and methods active myofibroblasts arise from renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs) via the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in fibrotic kidney Chemicals diseases ( Liu, 2010 ). The pro-fibrogenic effect of inflammation de- pends, at least partially, on triggering EMT ( Wynn, 2008 ). Several Arctigenin (MW: 372.41) was provided by Nanjing Zelang Med- studies have shown that sustained stimulation of pro-inflammatory ical Technology Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China). The purity of ATG was cytokines TNF- α or IL-1 can induce EMT in the epithelial cell lines determined to be > 8% using high performance liquid chromatog- ( Takahashi et al., 2010 ). During EMT, differentiated TECs lose raphy (HPLC; Supplementary Fig. S2). Losartan was purchased their epithelial characteristics and undergo multiple biochemical from Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd. (Hangzhou, China). Antibodies changes, which enable them to assume a mesenchymal phenotype. against the following proteins were used: NF- κB p65 (Signalway This phenotypic conversion involves the de novo synthesis of mes- Antibody, Pearland, TX, USA); fibronectin (BD Biosciences, San enchymal cytoskeletal biomarkers such as α-smooth muscle actin Jose, CA, USA); Smad2/3, phosphorylated Smad2/3 (p-Smad2/3) ( α-SMA), fibronectin and vimentin, a down-regulation of epithelial and vimentin (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA, USA); E- biomarkers such as E-cadherin and zonula occludens-1, and the cadherin, lamin B1, I κB α, TGF- β1, and TGF- β type I (T βR-I) and acquisition of a fibroblastic morphology with a concomitant inva- type II (T βR-II) receptors (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, sive phenotype. TGF- β1 has been identified as the main inducer CA , USA); α-SMA , SOD1, manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) of EMT and consequent interstitial ECM production
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